Boxes19th century

Wafer Seal Case with Tiger Hunt

1876-1877

Artists

Fathallah ShiraziArtist

Description

Lidded box with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format with bouquets flanking a central panel, in which a tiger attacks men riding on elephants.

Classification

Boxes

Medium

Opaque watercolor, gold-colored pigments, and lacquer over tin layer on pasteboard

Period

Qajar period

Century

19th century

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Islamic & Later Indian Art

Dimensions

1.9 × 3.1 × 15.7 cm (3/4 × 1 1/4 × 6 3/16 in.)

Provenance

Ezzat-Malek Soudavar, Geneva, Switzerland (by 2014), by descent; to her son Abolala Soudavar, Houston, Texas (2014), gift; to Harvard Art Museums, 2014. Note: Ezzat-Malek Soudavar (1913-2014) formed this collection over a period of sixty years. She purchased the works of art on the international art market.

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